memeorandum: Remember the Flat Tax? (Stephen Moore/Weekly Standard)

10:05 AM ET, April 25, 2015

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Kaitlan Collins / The Daily Caller:

Bruce Jenner: 'I'm A Republican And A Christian' — After months of speculation that he was transitioning into a woman, Bruce Jenner confirmed the news in an interview with Diane Sawyer, saying he is also a Republican and a Christian. — When asked about Barack Obama addressing LGBT rights …

Discussion: Liberaland and FOX News Radio

ABC News:

Bruce Jenner: 'I'm a Woman' … Bruce Jenner was once hailed as the greatest athlete in the world and later became a reality television star with one of the world's most famous families. Now, the former Olympian is revealing a secret that has caused him turmoil for decades.

Discussion: The Hill, The Daily Caller, The Huffington Post, Political Wire, Joe. My. God., Advocate and The Week

Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:

Brian Williams Inquiry Is Said to Expand — An NBC News internal investigation into Brian Williams has examined a half-dozen instances in which he is thought to have fabricated, misrepresented or embellished his accounts, two people with knowledge of the investigation said.

Discussion: Reuters, The Daily Caller, Hot Air, Political Wire, TVNewser and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »

Will Sommer / City Desk:

Feds: Senate Staffer Confesses in Alleged Sex-for-Drugs Scheme — A U.S. Senate staffer allegedly dabbled in drug importation, according to law enforcement. Fred W. Pagan, a staffer for U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) allegedly told law enforcement agents that he imported drugs from China …

Discussion: CANNONFIRE, Raw Story, The Daily Caller and Talking Points Memo

Mark Hensch / The Hill:

Clinton: ‘Deep-seated’ beliefs block abortion access — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Thursday said “deep-seated ... religious beliefs” have to be changed before the world's women will get full access to abortion. — “Far too many women are still denied critical access …

Discussion: Althouse, Taylor Marsh, The Week, The Pulse 2016, The Daily Caller and Hot Air

Kerry Picket / The Daily Caller:
Hillary On Abortion: ‘Deep-Seated Cultural Codes, Religious Beliefs And Structural Biases Have To Be Changed’

Discussion: LifeNews.com, Ed Driscoll, Bloomberg Business, No More Mister Nice Blog, Hot Air, The Hugh Hewitt Show, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, National Review, Weekly Standard, The Week and protein wisdom

Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Clinton Foundation Draws Fire From Campaign-Finance Watchdogs

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, BREITBART.COM, New York Times, Questions and Observations and Hot Air

Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg Business:
Hillary Clinton Campaign Rallies Supporters Over Clinton Cash

Discussion: Hot Air

Stephen Deere / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:

Alleging voter fraud, Kinloch refuses to swear in new mayor and alderman — KINLOCH • Betty McCray, Kinloch's newly elected Mayor, arrived at City Hall on Thursday morning with an entourage and the intention to fire multiple city employees. — But before she could enter the building …

Discussion: Fox News

Kelley Hoskins / FOX2now.com:
New Kinloch mayor blocked by police from entering city hall

Discussion: Liberaland and Mediaite

Reuters:

Devastating Nepal earthquake kills hundreds, triggers deadly Everest avalanche — (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake struck Nepal and sent tremors through northern India on Saturday, killing hundreds of people, toppling an historic 19th-century tower in the capital Kathmandu and touching off a deadly avalanche on Mount Everest.

Discussion: Guardian, New York Times, Common Dreams and Mashable

Polis, Jared:

Polis Proposes “Restrain Steve King from Legislating Act” — On the heels of Rep. Steve King's outrageous announcement Wednesday of his “Restrain the Judges on Marriage Act,” Rep. Jared Polis (CO-02) today proposed the “Restrain Steve King from Legislating Act.”

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Political Wire, Joe. My. God., Raw Story, Mediaite, PoliticusUSA and Outside the Beltway

Neil Hall / Reuters:

Christie's wife quits Wall Street job amid speculation he will seek White House — (Reuters) - Mary Pat Christie, the wife of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, resigned from her Wall Street job, his spokesman confirmed, as her husband contemplates a run for the White House in 2016.

Discussion: FOX News Radio

Deborah Hastings / NY Daily News:

Auschwitz survivor confronts former Nazi at Germany trial, is embraced by him — After testifying in horrific detail about her life at the infamous Auschwitz Nazi death camp, Eva Kor, 81, stepped forward to shake the hand of the accused, Oskar Groening, 93, who reached out and hugged the survivor and kissed her on the cheek.

Discussion: FOX News Radio

Stephen Moore / Weekly Standard:

Remember the Flat Tax? — It's still a good idea. — Almost exactly 20 years ago, a gawky conservative renegade magazine publisher named Steve Forbes threw his hat in the ring for the 1996 GOP presidential nomination. Forbes's run was first seen as a joke.

Discussion: New York Times

USA TODAY College:

U. of Florida frat accused of spitting on veterans, peeing on American flag — The University of Florida's chapter of the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity is under investigation after members spit on and took flags from wounded veterans. — Last weekend, Zeta Beta Tau students from UF …

Discussion: Associated Press, Mediaite, Scared Monkeys and SOOPERMEXICAN